The following is a list of Muslim historians writing in the Islamic historiographical tradition, which developed from hadith literature in the time of the first caliphs.
This list is focused on pre-modern historians who wrote before the heavy European influence that occurred from the 19th century onward.
First era: 700–750 (Ibn Zubayr and al-Zuhri's histories no longer exist, but they are referenced in later works).
Second era: 750–800 Third era: 800–860 Fourth era: 860–900 Fifth era: 900–950